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cherry

[cher-ee] / ˈtʃɛr i /


ADJECTIVE
new at something
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ADJECTIVE
(vulgar) virginal
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NOUN
(vulgar) hymen
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STRONGEST


NOUN
(vulgar) virginity
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Ashmore, who has completed numerous murals for businesses, said he had always intended to hire a cherry picker to finish the job, but would not be pressured into "rushing" it.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Whether it was bustling over for another try in cherry and white hoops at Wembley or crushing the Aussies at Sydney Cricket Ground, Boston was a blur of speed, footwork and power.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Flavors include pineapple, black cherry, and my favorite, grapefruit—which is tart without being overly sweet.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Inspired by the transient beauty of cherry blossoms, known in Japan as sakura — which is illustrated in their album cover, alongside a dark pegasus — much of the LP also hinges on melodrama.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

And just ahead, the most impossibly happy sight of all: Eliza and Theo, standing under the cherry tree.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis

"It's going to be a challenging period right through into the autumn. We're hearing potentially it could affect things like cherries as well."

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Adding foods like blueberries, plums, blackberries, broad beans, and cherries to your daily diet, especially when paired with green tea, could be a simple way to support heart health, according to new research.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2026

Berries, peaches, cherries, plums — anything that can be washed at home and eaten out of hand.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2026

Workers bend the branches down with a hook-shaped tool made of PVC pipe, helping people reach handfuls of cherries.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

Got a kitchen, orchard, cherries, apples, peaches, ‘cots, nuts, got a few berries. They’s a place for alfalfa and plenty water to flood it. They’s a pig pen—” “An’ rabbits, George.”

From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck




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